Powder box



Sept 8, 1925.

R. ROMERO POWDER BOX Filed Nov. 6, 1924 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROY ROMERO, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

POWDER BOX.

Application filed November 6, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY Borrow, a citizen of the United States, residingat Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Powder Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is a powder box to hold a cosmetic powder with a resilientsupport for the powder puff to maintain it out of contact with thepowder. In the ordinary type of powder box in which the powder puffrests directly on the powder the puff itself becomes matted and whenused generally lifts too much powder, requiring the surplus to be shakenout. The resilient support in my powder box allows varied amounts ofpowder to be readily lifted by the puff in accordance with the degreethe resilient support is depressed into the powder.

More specifically, I provide preferably a bowl-shaped powder box with astand supported on the inside of the bottom upon a shelf encircling theinterior of the bowl. From the stand a puff carrier of wire fabric orother foraminous material is normally situated over the powder. Springshold the puff carrier normally elevated above the surface of the powderand by pressing on the puff the carrier and the puff are depressed intocontact with the powder.

My invention will be more clearly understood from the accompanyingspecification and drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy powder box.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lid.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section through the box on one of itsdiameters.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the resilient powder puff support.

Fig. 5 is a. fragmentary, horizontal section taken on line 5-5 of Fig.3.

I show my powder box preferably as a bowl-shaped construction 1 havingan outer wall 2 and a top inner cylindrical wall 3. A shelf 1 is at thebottom of the upper wall and from this a lower preferably cylindricalwall 5 extends downward to the interior of the base 6. This may befurther recessed as indicated at 7, depending on the shape of the bowl.Several or more recesses 8 are formed in the wall 5 and are for a.purpose hereinafter described. The upper portion of the bowl may haveany suitable recess 9 to engage the lid 10.

Serial No. 748,154.

The puff support comprises a circular frame 15 having legs 16 attachedthereto by angular ends 17 preferably welded, to the frame 15. At theirbase the legs are preferably provided with enlarged feet 18. Tensionsprings 19 are secured to the frame 15 preferably by a hooked connectionthrough apertures 20. These springs: support a rim 21 having plates 22preferably welded to the rim and having a small aperture 23 throughwhich the lower end of the spring is hooked. The frame has apertures 24therein through which the legs 16 may have sliding movement. Attached tothe frame bywelding or other suitable way is a wire mesh fabric 25 orother suitable foraminated material.

The powder puff support is inserted in the box with the plates 22extending into the recesses 8, which also house the springs 19. This maybe either supported in the powder box by the feet 18 hearing on the base6 or it may be hung from the top by the frame 15 sitting on the shelf 4.

The manner of use of my powder box is as follows:

A powder puff indicated by 26 is shown carried by the mesh 25 in Fig. 8and is maintained normally above the powder which is indicated at 27.When it is de sired to use the puff it is pressed downwardly, therebyextending the springs 19 and embedding the mesh fabric slightly into thepowder. This allows a small amount of powder to pass through the meshand be taken up by the puff. When the puff is lifted the springs drawthe puff carrier upwardly. If surplus powder is taken up by the puff itmay be readily dusted off against the mesh fabric without makingunnecessary dust.

It will be seen by the construction and manner of use of my powder boxthat it preserves the puff in good condition by preventing mattingthereof and economizes 1n powder and also prevents the powder frombecoming packed in the bottom of the powder box as is the case in whichthe puff rests directly on the puff.

If it is desired that the powder uff support stand on its feet insteadof being sup ported on the shelf 1, the shelf may be omitted from theconstruction of the box portion in which case the interior of the boxwould be of any suitable shape. The puff support as shown and describedmay be used in a portable vanity box as well as in a dressing tablearticle as illustrated.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention as claimed.

I claim: v

1. A powder box comprising in combination a box, a shelf therein,recesses in the shelf, a powder puff support, a foraininated powder puffcarrier, and springs between the support and the carrier situated in therecesses.

2. A powder box comprising in combination a box having a shelf, a frameresting thereon, a foraminated powder puff carrier, upon which thepowder puff may rest, and springs suspending the carrier from the frame.

3. A powder box comprising in combination a box, a shelf therein, aplurality of evenly spaced recesses in the shelf, a powder puff supportcomprising a frame adapted to rest on said shelf and having a pluralityof legs secured thereto, extending downwardly, a powder puff carriercomprising a rim slidably mounted on the legs of the fra-me'ofsaidpowder puff support, a plurality of plates secured to the rim, a screencarried by said rim adapted to receive a powder puff and a plurality oftension springs extending into the recesses in the shelf of said powderbox and connected to the frame of said powder puff support and theplates of said powder puff carrier.

In tesitniony whereofI have signed my name to this specification.

ROY ROMERO.

